Justice in the Book Hunted

 Spoiler alert!!

         In the book Hunted by P.C. and Kristen Cast I'v noticed a few social issues.  One of the main ones that I've noticed is when someone important betrays you.  In this book the high preistess,Neferet, goes against the house of night and betrays all the students, teachers, and most importantly their goddess Nyx.  Not only does this cause a big problem in the house of night, but it causes a problem all over.  She starts to worship Kalona, a fallen angel that is determined to get the main character, Zoey, in his grasp and his evil children called ravenmockers that are half human half man.  But letting Kalona and his children get Zoey might mean the end of the House of Night, or the end of the world.

         Now nothing like this could happen in the real world, but i have an idead of something similar that could.  Now Neferet is in charge of that particular house of night, but what would happen if the governer of the state were to betray it?  What would happen if he started to run the state his own way, not caring about anyone's rules but their own?  most people might decide to keep following him or her, thinking that because that person is the governer, then everything must be okay.  Well what if the congressmen from that state know that something is wrong, and nobody else believes it?  Would they try to defeat him?  I bet they would try to defeat
       In the end though, justice is served in the text, but not with out much difficulty. 

Social Issues Blog

In the book Dreamland by Sarah Dessen and I noticed a lot of hard things are happening in the book.  One of the main issue I noticed was abuse.  The main character, Caitlin, is being abused by her boyfriend for no aparent reason, other than making him wait a little while for her to show up.  Other times she does nothing at all.  She says she doesn't leave him beacause she loves him.  I think that she should leave him, and do what is right for herself.  Thats another issue in the book, doing what is right for themselves.  The hard thing that happened in the beginning was that Caitlin's sister Cass left.  At first nobody knew where she was or why she left.  But eventually Cass started calling and she was forgiven.  Cass ran away because it was what was right for her.  She was tired of being perfect, for pleasing everyone all the time.  And by running away and not going to Yale, everybody learned that she is not perfect.  And Caitlin has been trying to be as perfect as Cass her whole life, and after Cass runs away, she has to even more.  She tried to fill up the space her sister left behind.  Like by joining the cheerleading squad.  She knew it wasn't the right thing for her, she hated it.  In the end she only did it beacause it was something Cass didn't do.  But in the end she couldn't do any of the things Cass could do.  She could replace her.  And that was the right choice for her, to stop trying to fill her sister's shoes when she could barely  fill her own.  I think this is a valuable lesson.  To think about filling your own shoes and doing what is right for you, before you start doing that for someone else.

Bridge to Terabithia

I just finished reading the book "Bridge to Terabithia", an old childhood favorite.  As I read the book I found that it was boring and got even more boring as the book drowned on.  I mean, when I was in fourth grade, I could see why I used to love it, but now I expect so much more from my books, and I guess it didn't live up to my expectations.

All that aside, I tracked the issue of gender and gender expectancy throughout the book.  This was a very important issue in the book , especially when it came to Leslie.  She came to school on the first day with jeans on while all the other girls had on their best dresses and looked at her funny.  All her classmates teased her just because it wasn't normal for that small town.  Then again at recess when leslie ran over to come race with the boys, Gary Fulcher started trying to cause her grief about it.

But, it wasn't just Leslie who had people expecting things of her, they did this to Jess too.  One obvious time I could think of off the top of my head was after Leslie died and Jess was eating his pancakes.  Brenda started trying to make him feel bad about how he was wolfing down food after his best friend died and Ellie said how boys aren't supposed to cry at times like that.  Mrs.Aarons just agreed to it.

Now in the small town Leslie and Jess lived in, they are very old fashioned, but this still happens today, in a modern school.  Like for example, girls are expected to like pink and be girly according to popular belief that is, so anyway if a girl shows up at school one day dressed as a complete tomboy, then she is bound to get some strange looks.

Gender issues play a big part in the book, but they also might play a part in your life.